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Irene was a fierce defender of Iconoclasm, and many of her actions were framed by the bitter religious divides of the Byzantine world. The Gender Bias of History

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It sounded like a heartbeat—the first the palace had felt in decades. Irene was a fierce defender of Iconoclasm, and

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When her son, Constantine VI, tried to claim his rightful power, Irene launched a coup against him. She ordered her men to gouge out his eyes in the very bedroom where he was born. He died from his injuries shortly after.